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Healthy-ish Crab Cake Sandwiches

Prep Time1 hr 10 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Course: Main Course
Servings: 6 Sandwiches
Author: Christina

Ingredients

  • 16 oz lump crab meat I used Culinary Reserve Wild Caught
  • ¼ cup egg whites or whites of 2 eggs *You can also use 1 full egg if you’d prefer*
  • 20 whole grain Saltine crackers crushed finely (regular saltine works too)
  • ½ lemon juiced
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon Old Bay
  • ½ teaspoon mustard powder
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • teaspoon cayenne
  • Cracked pepper
  • Handful of parsley
  • 6 rolls I used Whole Grain English Muffins
  • Dill caper sauce recipe below
  • Baby arugula

Dill Caper Sauce

  • ½ cup Greek yogurt I used non-fat
  • 1 and a ½ Tablespoons of chopped dill
  • ½ tablespoon of mayo
  • Half of a lemon juiced
  • 2 teaspoons of capers
  • 1 teaspoon dijon
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Paprika

Instructions

  • Preparation:
  • In a large bowl, combine crab, lemon juice, crackers, egg whites, Dijon and spices until just mixed (but do not over mix). Place in the refrigerator for at least half an hour, an hour if you can.
  • When you’re ready to make the crab cakes, pre heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the rolls or English muffins in half and lightly toast. Spread a heaping spoonful of the dill caper sauce on each side, and add some arugula to the bottom half. Take the crab mixture out of the fridge. Using a 1/3 measuring cup, take a heaping scoop and form a thicker crab cake, about 3”. Repeat 5 times. Since I used English muffins, I made my crab cakes a little smaller. If you’re using a larger roll, feel free to make 4 larger crab cakes instead.
  • Place a cast iron skillet on medium heat, and either spray with olive oil spray, or drizzle some olive oil. When the skillet is nice and hot, place each crab cake and cook for about 5 minutes, until browned. Carefully flip (I like to use a fish spatula), and cook another few minutes. Place the crab cakes in the oven to finish browning and to heat through (if you used the olive oil spray, you may want to give the crab cakes another spray before putting in the oven). Bake in the oven for about 8-10 minutes. The crab itself is already cooked, but you want to brown on all sides and heat the crab cake through, as well as make sure it’s all bound together.
  • Remove the crab cakes from the oven and place each crab cake on your prepared muffin/roll. You can add some tomato if you’d like, but I think with this sandwich, simple is best!

Dill Caper Sauce

  • Preparation:
  • Combine all ingredients in a bowl (sprinkle of each salt, pepper, and paprika). Place in the fridge to chill until ready to use. This can stay in the fridge in an airtight container for 3 days.

Notes

**These have very little filler, so they will be more delicate. Make sure you don’t skip the step of chilling the mixture at least half hour to firm them up.
**You can use regular egg as well as regular Saltine's.